Indonesia Sumatra Lintong Wet-Hulled

Lime, hops, green tea, pine, coriander
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Bag Weight 60 KG BAG
Harvest Season 2023/24
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Lot Number P612744-2
  • 45 Bag(s)
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About This Coffee

This lot is sourced from smallholder farmers in the Lintong Nihuta area, North Sumatra, by collector Rumani Hutasoit. 

Wet hulling is a process devised in Sumatra and adopted throughout the region as a solution to rainy, humid conditions that make drying green coffee a challenge. Typically, farmers depulp freshly picked cherries, ferment overnight, and wash the seeds before selling to a mill or collector only partially dried. The coffee's husk (parchment) is removed much earlier stage than in a standard washed process, while the green seed is still soft and pliable; great care is needed to prevent excessive damage. After milling, the coffee seeds are then finally dried until optimum moisture content is reached.

Country of Origin Indonesia
Region Lintong Nihuta
Producer Type Small Holder Farmers
Farm Name Various producers
Processing Wet Hulled
Growing Altitude 1300m - 1500m
Harvest Season 2023/24
Bag Weight 60 KG BAG
Bag Type Grain Pro / Ecotact
Plant Species Arabica
Variety Ateng, Jember, Sigararutang

History of Coffee in Sumatra

Coffee seeds first arrived in Java from India in 1696, but it was a swing and a miss; the initial plantings were wiped out by flooding. Take two, cuttings from Ceylon, arrived in 1699 with a guy named Hendrik. It’s unclear when coffee planting arrived in Sumatra specifically. Java was the coffee king of Indonesia (aka the Dutch East Indies) for at least 100 years after cuttings first arrived from Ceylon before coffee of any significant volume was grown on other islands. And well into the 20th century, much coffee grown throughout Indonesia was called Java. 

Growing Coffee in Sumatra

Coffee grows in the northern highlands, in an areas known as Tapanuli, Aceh and Gayo; and further south at Lintong, near lake Toba (one of the deepest in the world). Mandheling is not a region but a people of northern Sumatra, but much coffee from that area is named after them. Most coffee in Sumatra is grown between 2,500 and 5,500 feet and nearly all coffee is grown by smallholders coffee farmer. Nine out of 10 coffee farmers in Sumatra grow coffee on less than one hectare of land. Virtually all Sumatran coffee is wet hulled, a process known as “giling basah”. Plant Species include Bergandal and Sidikalang varieties of Typica, Hibrido de Timor (aka "Tim Tim"), a Bourbon cultivar known as Linie S, S-288 and S-795 found in Lintong, Rambung, Abyssinia, "USDA,” Caturra cultivars and Catimor lines. 
 

  • Region Lintong Nihuta
  • Farm Name Various producers
  • Producer Type Small Holder Farmers
  • Processing Wet Hulled
  • Bag Type Grain Pro / Ecotact
  • Plant Species Arabica
  • Variety Ateng, Jember, Sigararutang
  • Min Growing Altitude 1300m
  • Max Growing Altitude 1500m
  • On Sale No
  • Top Lot Yes
  • Status Spot
  • Coffee Grade IDN CA WA SPR LIN
  • CTRM Contract Number P612744-2
  • Country of Origin Indonesia
  • Warehouse The Annex CA